1900s Movies

The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

A thrilling incident showing a climber ascending a cleft or chimney by hanging on with his finger tips and pushing his back and knees into opposite...

Released on July 13th, 1919.

A group of mountaineers ascend the Grossvenediger in the Austrian Tyrol in winter. The group starts from the Krimmler waterfalls and the Warnsdorfer...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.

The most picturesque spot of all Canada is, without doubt, Lake Louise. From Banff Mr. Holmes asks you to go with him through a scenic wonderland...

A student, a railway worker and a peasant go on a trip to the Julian Alps and meet people on their way.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on October 5th, 1919.

Released on July 20th, 1919.

We have our poor people and the east has its starving millions; even in far-away Ceylon there are many kind hearts beating beneath dark skins, and it...

Les Charmoz is a documentary about mountaineering that takes place on Aiguille Des Grands Charmoz. Produced in 1924.

The film is presented as a climbing film from Tirol's mountain world based on an idea by Kurt Maix, and it's a touristical film of the series 'Bilder...

Released on August 31st, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Travelogue released on September 25th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...

Released on March 25, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 19th of February, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Surabaya, Java, is the busiest headquarters of the Dutch in the Far East. Here the white-clothed man from Holland has established the commercial...